HB 2384 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO STUDENT-ATHLETE COMPENSATION.

Summary

Affirms student-athletes' rights to engage in name, image, and likeness activities for compensation. Requires the University of Hawaii to adopt policies governing institutional name, image, and likeness agreements and other aspects of name, image, and likeness activity consistent with federal law, rules by an intercollegiate athletics governing body such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Title IX. Establishes certain transparency and accountability requirements in the administration of institutional name, image, and likeness activities. Provides protections and educational support for student-athletes who enter into name, image, and likeness agreements. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2030. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2384_HD1 → HB2384_HD2 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates the legislative header to reflect the second House reading and refines the legal citations regarding the NCAA settlement. It expands the list of prohibited industries for student-athlete endorsements to include adult entertainment, firearms, and gambling, while shifting the order of these restrictions. The bill also clarifies the university's obligation to educate student-athletes and broadens the rescission period for contracts to cover both institutional and third-party agreements.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on regulating name, image, and likeness agreements for University of Hawaii student-athletes, but the specific prohibited industries and educational requirements have been modified.

REQUIREMENT

Prohibited industries for endorsements were reordered and expanded to explicitly include adult entertainment, firearms/weapons, and gambling/sports wagering.

The requirement for student-athlete education was updated to specifically mention 'Student-athlete education' instead of just 'Athlete education'.

The right to rescind a contract was clarified to apply to both institutional and third-party name, image, and likeness agreements.

TECHNICAL

Legal citations were updated to remove 'et al.' and include specific case numbers and federal act titles.

Header metadata was updated to reflect the second House reading (H.D. 2) and changed the primary sponsor name.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM/CPN.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 103).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from CPC/JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 761-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Kong; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 250-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JHA.

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Olds, Woodson.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to HED, CPC/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

16 primary · 0 co-sponsors